Paul Schrader

Movies Unlimited
Season 06 | Episode 27

Paul Schrader

Writer / Director

We’ve got a new segment on our show: the WGA Spotlight! We’ll be talking to working writers from the strike line about their careers, and one movie or TV show that inspires them. 

First, here’s our WGA Spotlight featuring Hernando Cortes Watson.

WGA Spotlight: Hernando Cortes Watson – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

World Trade Center (2006)
Margot At The Wedding (2007)
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Sunset Boulevard (1950) – John Landis’ trailer commentary
Peeping Tom (1960) – Allison Anders’ trailer commentary
Ed Wood (1994)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
The Red Shoes (1948) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Rear Window (1954) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
Nightcrawler (2014) – Joe Dante’s Top 10 of 2014
Psycho (1960) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

Other Notable Items

Francis Ford Coppola
Ang Lee
UCLA
USC
Tennessee Williams
Sam Shepard
William Shakespeare
Oliver Stone
Noah Baumbach
Mike Nichols
Rebel Without A Crew memoir by Robert Rodriguez (1996)
Scott Alexander
TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski
The People Vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story miniseries (2016)
Ratched TV series (2020)
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story miniseries (2018)
Hollywood miniseries (2020)
Netflix
Thelma Schoonmaker
Martin Scorsese
Michael Powell
Ed Wood
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Sony Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Next, our feature presentation… Writer/director Paul Schrader discusses his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Paul Schrader – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Master Gardener (2023)
Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Nashville (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Dan Perri’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975) – Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Swamp Thing (1982)
American Gigolo (1980)
Reds (1981) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
A History Of Violence (2005)
Masked And Anonymous (2003)
Easy Rider (1969) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
The Conformist (1970) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Performance (1970) – Mark Goldblatt’s trailer commentary
The Wild Bunch (1969) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s review
The Dead (1987)
Ikiru (1952)
Living (2022)
First Reformed (2017) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Winter Light (1963)
Breathless (1960) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
8 ½ (1963) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Blue Collar (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Vertigo (1958) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Rear Window (1954) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Searchers (1956)
Obsession (1976)
Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans (1927)
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Collection Blu-ray review 
Pulp Fiction (1994)

Other Notable Items

Our friends at Movies Unlimited!
Martin Scorsese
The Criterion Collection
Michael Powell
Philip Roth
Ari Aster
Kindle
Amazon Prime
Netflix
TCM
The Last Of Us TV series (2023- )
TFH Guru John Landis
The Hollywood Pacific Theater in Los Angeles
Warren Beatty
The Cannes Film Festival
David Cronenberg
Viggo Mortensen
Maria Bello
Bob Dylan
The Sundance Film Festival
Paul Schrader’s review of Easy Rider for the Los Angeles Free Press
Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Donald Cammell
Nicolas Roeg
Anthony Perkins
Elia Kazan
The Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood
Lou Lombardo
Sam Peckinpah
The Death Of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (1886)
Richard Gere
Foregone novel by Russell Banks (2021)
Everyman novel by Philip Roth (2006)
Akira Kurosawa
Bill Nighy
Francis Ford Coppola
Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
The Telluride Film Festival
Pierre Rissient
Norman Lear
Richard Pryor
Harvey Keitel
Universal Pictures
Ned Tanen
Alfred Hitchcock
Brian De Palma
Richard Dreyfuss
The Aero Theater
Bruce Springsteen
Robert De Niro
The Whisky-A-Go-Go
The Roxy Theatre
Ving Rhames

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